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I think everyone here is underestimating power density of a car engine. GP's alternator is 110V/120A, that's 13.2kW, or up to 8-way tea kettle boiling or Xeon w
by numpad0 3y ago
I think everyone here is underestimating power density of a car engine. GP's alternator is 110V/120A, that's 13.2kW, or up to 8-way tea kettle boiling or Xeon workstation use simultaneously(1.5kW each).
Chances are you won't be running 4 YouTuber editing machines, 2 pots cooking on IH stoves, 2 air conditioners and a USB-PD laptop charger all drawing full amount inside the living quarter on a sailboat. That's before counting in 6x 12V/200Ah = 14.4kWh battery system which safely doubles, possibly quadruple instantaneous draw.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoMost household requirements are about 13kW. So not much different than your suburban bungalow needs.
- numpad0 3y agoI think there's something wrong with your palace if you're maxing out 100A breakers, that's 720[hr] x 13[kWh] x 0.30[$/kWh] = $2.8k/month. Even if you meant 1/3 duty it's $936/month. Average household usage in US is 20-40kWh/day... not sure where does 13kW figure fits in that picture.
- custard42 3y agothey missed a decimal point. Average US household consumption over a year is approx 1.25KW.
- JoeAltmaier 3y ago200A service is standard transformer to a house.
- numpad0 3y agoConstant 50% utilization is not!
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoWe both understand that the service has to support the max load, right? The average is less than worthless for calculating capacity of circuit breakers etc.